Today the plan had a 17-18 mile long run. For Mother's Day Jen gives me a race that we do together. It is so much fun to race with Jen. The last two years we picked the I Love Forest Park 5K. The race was this morning. We started with a warm up. I didn't turn my watch on for the warm up. It was about a mile.
My goal for the race was not to hurt myself by trying to go too fast. With this in mind it was the most comfortable 5K I have ever done. The course was in Forest Park. It was not too hilly. Mile 1 was at a 9:05 pace. Mile 2 was 9:17 pace. There was a hill in this mile and I also stopped and got a cup of water and walked a little while I drank the water. Then mile 3 was 8:44 pace. I think it was the only 5K I have ever done where the last mile was the fastest. It was also the only 5K I have ever done where I felt really good at the end. Overall pace was 8:59. I was really happy with this. I was not trying to go too fast. I won my age group. Jen did great too. She took of 5 weeks this summer when she was on vacation and has just been running slow lately.
With my warm up and race I still needed 13 - 14 miles today. I wanted to run somewhere other than the Al Foster. I went to Valley Park and ran the Greenway Trail. There is a lot of shade and it is mostly flat. There are also multiple bathroom opportunities. I kept it slow because my legs were tired from the 5K. I ran 13 more miles. Jim brought his bike and rode. He was got tired of waiting for me and rode his bike home. When he rode by he filled my water bottle. He is my hero.
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